Public Theater executives said on Monday that their fall production of the new musical "Giant," based on Edna Ferber's epic novel about a powerful Texas ranching family, will star the Tony Award nominees Brian d'Arcy James ("Shrek") and Kate...

The Public Theater announced on Monday that its 2012-13 season will include two new musicals: A three-hour adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel ''Giant,'' with a score by Michael John LaChiusa (''Hello Again,'' ''Queen of the Mist''), and a...

Now in its fourth year, New York Musical Theater Festival addresses the difficulties of mounting a new musical by providing a forum where audiences and producers can view a cross-section of the current crop.